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^Well, I think the point is to get the dialogue started in a healthy way. To suddenly jump to conclusions such as you just did right there ^ and as Kamin did in his column is not helpful. You suddenly assumed that any housing involving public assistance will inevitably be crime-ridden. Kamin suddenly assumed that any process that starts with architect's proposing projects must already be rigged. I personally think it's better to start with a design proposal to develop dialogue than without one. I doubt very highly that any of the design teams developed their programs and projects without considering the policies that would create and sustain them.

They are many examples of 'mixed-income' projects throughout the city. Combining these with libraries, or what are really 'community centers', would appear to me an excellent point to involve designers to begin a conversation on whether this would be a good idea. Kamin shooting it down before the conversation even begins is a bad idea.